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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Quiberville

Quiberville-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [kibɛʁvil syʁ mɛʁ], lit.'Quiberville on Sea'; before 2024: Quiberville) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France.

Geography

Aerial view from the west, 2019
The coastline in 360°
(view as a 360° interactive panorama)

This is a village based on tourism and farming, situated by the mouth of the river Saâne in the Pays de Caux. The D2, the D75, and the D127 roads, intersect here some 8 miles (13 km) west of Dieppe. Huge chalk cliffs face a pebble beach and the English Channel.

Heraldry

Arms of Quiberville
Arms of Quiberville
The arms of Quiberville are blazoned :
Azure, 3 (weavers) shuttles Or, and in chief on an inescutcheon gules, 2 leopards Or, armed and langued azure.



Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968362—    
1975399+1.40%
1982427+0.97%
1990429+0.06%
1999467+0.95%
2007508+1.06%
2012552+1.68%
2017552+0.00%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Valery, dating from the twelfth century.
  • A stone cross dated 1602.

See also

References

  1. ^ Liste des maires du département de la Seine-Maritime, 10 August 2020
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Décret No. 2023-1386 du 22 décembre 2023 portant changement du nom de communes
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE